CA AB 870
enactedCalifornia Children's Services Program: county designation.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 870 pass?
Yes. CA AB 870 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 870 about?
Existing law establishes the California Children's Services (CCS) Program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and counties, to provide medically necessary services, based on financial eligibility, for persons under 21 years of age who have any of specified medical conditions, including, among others, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county to designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the designated agency to administer the program. Existing law authorizes counties with a total population under 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently or jointly with the department. Existing law requires counties with a total population in excess of 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently. This bill would authorize counties with a total population under 2,000 persons to designate another county to administer the program, if the other county agrees to the designation and otherwise meets certain CCS standards established by the Director of Health Care Services and if neither county is a Whole Child Model county under certain provisions of the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations necessary to implement these provisions.
Who sponsors CA AB 870?
Hadwick is the primary sponsor of CA AB 870.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Children's Services (CCS) Program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and counties, to provide medically necessary services, based on financial eligibility, for persons under 21 years of age who have any of specified medical conditions, including, among others, cystic fibrosis or hemophilia. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county to designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the designated agency to administer the program. Existing law authorizes counties with a total population under 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently or jointly with the department. Existing law requires counties with a total population in excess of 200,000 persons to administer the county program independently. This bill would authorize counties with a total population under 2,000 persons to designate another county to administer the program, if the other county agrees to the designation and otherwise meets certain CCS standards established by the Director of Health Care Services and if neither county is a Whole Child Model county under certain provisions of the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations necessary to implement these provisions.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Hadwickauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-03-26
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-21
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-22
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2025-04-24
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-01
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1385.)
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2025-05-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-14
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-06-12
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11).
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2025-06-13
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-06-19
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-19
From Consent Calendar.
2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-10
Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2802.)
2025-09-11
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 11).
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2025-09-12
Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Page 2961.)
2025-09-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2991.).
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2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3507.).
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2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-22 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Chen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Flora: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Addis: yes
AB 870 Hadwick Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-01 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Flora: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Soria: yes
- Patel: yes
- Haney: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Davies: yes
- Berman: yes
- McKinnor: other
- Papan: other
- Chen: other
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2025-06-11 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Valladares: yes
- Limón: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: other
- Weber Pierson: other
Do pass
2025-09-11 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: other
2nd Reading AB870 Hadwick By Seyarto
2025-09-12 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Gonzalez: other
AB 870 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-13 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Jackson: other
- Bonta: other
- Elhawary: other
- Lee: other
- McKinnor: other
- Garcia: other
- Ta: other
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